Darwin Defenders by hi-scor.es
Darwin Defenders is a spaceshooter.
Move the mouse to control your character.
Click to shoot.
Enemies come in waves.
After each wave, a genetic algorithm selects the best enemies and cross-breeds them to produce the next generation of enemies.
Each game is different. Over time, they evolve to exploit your weaknesses.
NB: There's a bug that stops your bullets when you get hit.
Enjoy!
Move the mouse to control your character.
Click to shoot.
Enemies come in waves.
After each wave, a genetic algorithm selects the best enemies and cross-breeds them to produce the next generation of enemies.
Each game is different. Over time, they evolve to exploit your weaknesses.
NB: There's a bug that stops your bullets when you get hit.
Enjoy!
| Web | http://hi-scor.es/ld24/ |
| Source | https://github.com/trflagg/DarwinDefenders |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=12602 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 30% | 888 |
| Overall | 2.50 | 611 |
| Fun | 2.25 | 599 |
| Graphics | 2.30 | 596 |
| Innovation | 2.89 | 350 |
| Mood | 1.87 | 654 |
| Theme | 3.10 | 294 |
The random position of the "gun" is really a cool idea, and love the way your player evolve visually, too bad it doesn't have more impact on the gameplay!
And when you hold the clic, the player can't move until you release it, that a bit frustrating ^^
cool game
I couldn't tell what the orange spikes are for - at first I was hoping I could use them to ram other ships... Repeatedly clicking to shoot was tiring and unpleasant, though. It was a lot more fun once I got a second gun - maybe you could make those more likely to appear. I would have liked to see the enemies speed up once I got more powerful. It gets boring otherwise.
I like your idea of adding pieces and building your ship. The evolving enemies is a cool feature too (I love GA's).
I found the game to be pretty tough though- I made it far enough to evolve once and have two guns, but died shortly after that. I think the enemies should start moving a little slower or something and then gradually get faster. Overall it was great- nice1!
Overall, I'd really like the game to be harder, even though some people thought it was too hard... mebbe you should add optional goals like hitting evasive enemies? Difficulty levels?
There's a bug where if one of your add-on guy dies, his bullets will be frozen.... OR IS IT A FEAUTRE?